Welcome
to Mike Maggio's web site, a
creative space where you can
explore aspects of his poetry,
fiction and visual collage
pieces.
Now
Available from March Street Press:
The Keepers has
a tone of folktale, fantasy
and waking dream. Even if the
situation is present day, it
feels like a tale that's being
spun for us. The stories are a
force of writing with the
consequence of characters
guided by the author's
imaginings. Although there's
an emotional argument in each,
kindness?more than not?defines
the narrative; and our senses
come alive with language,
simple and true. The short
story is said to be a
courtship with the reader. If
this is so, the reader will
say "YES."
Grace
Cavalieri, Producer/Host
The Poet and
the Poem from the Library of
Congress
Note to fans of Mike Maggio?s
arresting political poetry: On
the surface it may seem the
stories in The Keepers
employ a comparatively
conventional bag of tricks,
but don?t think for a minute
you won?t get caught in their
grip. Mike Maggio the
storyteller leans back in his
comfy, authoritative
omniscience and narrates in a
voice that is familiar and
charming, like that of a fairy
tale. Of course a reader is
immediately taken in, only
later to recall that it is
from the familiar that the
surprise jumps out?and also,
sometimes, the delicious
terror.
Madeleine Mysko
Author
of the novel Bringing
Vincent Home
Mike
Maggio?s
fiction straddles the
line between lyrical and
caustic. It captures
something essential about
these strange days.
With the deft touch of a
poet,
Maggio?s imaginative
fiction pulls you in and
won?t let
go. These
stories offer a
rich fictional
landscape for those just
now discovering his work.
Nathan Leslie
Author of Night Sweat
and Drivers
